Cholesterol

"Cholesterol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils.

Descriptor ID	D002784
MeSH Number(s)	D04.210.500.247.222.284 D04.210.500.247.808.197 D10.570.938.208
Concept/Terms	Cholesterol Cholesterol Epicholesterol Epicholesterol

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cholesterol".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
Fused-Ring Compounds [D04.210]
Steroids [D04.210.500]
Cholestanes [D04.210.500.247]
Cholestenes [D04.210.500.247.222]
Cholesterol [D04.210.500.247.222.284]
Sterols [D04.210.500.247.808]
Cholesterol [D04.210.500.247.808.197]
Lipids [D10]
Membrane Lipids [D10.570]
Sterols [D10.570.938]
Cholesterol [D10.570.938.208]

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publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cholesterol" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cholesterol" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 109 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2002 and 2006

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	2	0	2
1998	0	1	1
1999	0	1	1
2000	1	2	3
2001	1	0	1
2002	2	9	11
2003	2	7	9
2004	4	5	9
2005	3	6	9
2006	5	6	11
2007	0	3	3
2008	1	3	4
2009	2	1	3
2010	3	5	8
2011	2	2	4
2012	1	1	2
2013	4	3	7
2014	1	2	3
2015	2	2	4
2016	1	1	2
2017	0	1	1
2018	0	2	2
2019	1	2	3
2020	2	1	3
2022	0	2	2
2024	0	1	1

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Ho FK, Dale C, Mizani MA, Bolton T, Pearson ER, Valabhji J, Delles C, Welsh P, Nakada S, Mackay D, Pell JP, Tomlinson C, Petersen SE, Bray B, Ashworth M, Rahimi K, Mamas M, Halcox J, Sudlow C, Sofat R, Sattar N. Routine measurement of cardiometabolic disease risk factors in primary care in England before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based cohort study. PLoS Med. 2024 Nov; 21(11):e1004485.

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Schafer JJ, Zimmerman M, Walshe C, Cerankowski J, Shimada A, Keith SW. Weight changes in patients with sustained viral suppression switching tenofovir disoproxil fumarate to tenofovir alafenamide. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 Jun; 30(6):1197-1204.

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Hodkinson A, Tsimpida D, Kontopantelis E, Rutter MK, Mamas MA, Panagioti M. Comparative effectiveness of statins on non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol in people with diabetes and at risk of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ. 2022 03 24; 376:e067731.

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Kalay Yildizhan I, G?kpinar Ili E, Onoufriadis A, Kocyigit P, Kesidou E, Simpson MA, McGrath JA, Kutlay NY, Kundakci N. New Homozygous Missense MSMO1 Mutation in Two Siblings with SC4MOL Deficiency Presenting with Psoriasiform Dermatitis. Cytogenet Genome Res. 2020; 160(9):523-530.

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Duran EK, Aday AW, Cook NR, Buring JE, Ridker PM, Pradhan AD. Triglyceride-Rich Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Small Dense LDL Cholesterol, and Incident Cardiovascular Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 05 05; 75(17):2122-2135.

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Shi C, Kim T, Steiger S, Mulay SR, Klinkhammer BM, B?uerle T, Melica ME, Romagnani P, M?ckel D, Baues M, Yang L, Brouns SLN, Heemskerk JWM, Braun A, Lammers T, Boor P, Anders HJ. Crystal Clots as Therapeutic Target in Cholesterol Crystal Embolism. Circ Res. 2020 04 10; 126(8):e37-e52.

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Skolnik N. Treating Hypercholesterolemia in Older Adults-Reply. JAMA. 2019 08 20; 322(7):695-696.

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Skolnik N. Reexamining Recommendations for Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia in Older Adults. JAMA. 2019 04 02; 321(13):1249-1250.

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Vaidya M, Jentsch JA, Peters S, Keul P, Weske S, Gr?ler MH, Mladenov E, Iliakis G, Heusch G, Levkau B. Regulation of ABCA1-mediated cholesterol efflux by sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling in macrophages. J Lipid Res. 2019 03; 60(3):506-515.

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Lizardo K, Ayyappan JP, Cui MH, Balasubramanya R, Jelicks LA, Nagajyothi JF. High fat diet aggravates cardiomyopathy in murine chronic Chagas disease. Microbes Infect. 2019 Jan - Feb; 21(1):63-71.

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